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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=532696" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>King Solomon And The Queen Of Sheba</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">(A Poem Game.)</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“And when the Queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, . . .<br>she came to prove him with hard questions.”</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>[The men’s leader rises as he sees the Queen unveiling<br>and approaching a position that gives her half of the stage.]</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Men’s Leader: The Queen of Sheba came to see King Solomon.<br>[He bows three times.]<br>I was King Solomon,<br>I was King Solomon,<br>I was King Solomon.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[She bows three times.]<br>Women’s Leader: I was the Queen,<br>I was the Queen,<br>I was the Queen.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Both Leaders: We will be king and queen,<br>[They stand together stretching their hands over the land.]<br>Reigning on mountains green,<br>Happy and free<br>For ten thousand years.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[They stagger forward as though carrying a yoke together.]<br>Both Leaders: King Solomon he had four hundred oxen.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Congregation: We were the oxen.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Here King and Queen pause at the footlights.]<br>Both Leaders: You shall feel goads no more.<br>[They walk backward, throwing off the yoke and rejoicing.]<br>Walk dreadful roads no more,<br>Free from your loads<br>For ten thousand years.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The men’s leader goes forward, the women’s leader dances round him.]<br>Both Leaders: King Solomon he had four hundred sweethearts.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Here he pauses at the footlights.]<br>Congregation: We were the sweethearts.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[He walks backward. Both clap their hands to the measure.]<br>Both Leaders: You shall dance round again,<br>You shall dance round again,<br>Cymbals shall sound again,<br>Cymbals shall sound again,<br>[The Queen appears to gather wildflowers.]<br>Wildflowers be found<br>For ten thousand years,<br>Wildflowers be found<br>For ten thousand years.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[He continues to command the congregation, the woman to dance.<br>He goes forward to the footlights.]<br>Both Leaders: And every sweetheart had four hundred swans.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Congregation: We were the swans.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The King walks backward.]<br>Both Leaders: You shall spread wings again,<br>You shall spread wings again,<br>[Here a special dance, by the Queen: swans flying in circles.]<br>Fly in soft rings again,<br>Fly in soft rings again,<br>Swim by cool springs<br>For ten thousand years,<br>Swim by cool springs,<br>For ten thousand years.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The refrain “King Solomon” may be intoned by the men’s leader<br>whenever it is needed to enable the women’s leader to get to<br>her starting point. All the refrains may be likewise used.]<br>Men’s Leader: King Solomon,<br>King Solomon.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Women’s Leader: The Queen of Sheba asked him like a lady,<br>[They bow to each other—then give a pantomime<br>indicating a great rose garden.]<br>Bowing most politely:<br>“What makes the roses bloom<br>Over the mossy tomb,<br>Driving away the gloom<br>Ten thousand years?”</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Men’s Leader: King Solomon made answer to the lady,<br>[They bow and confer. The Queen reserved, but taking cognizance.<br>The King wooing with ornate gestures of respect, and courtly animation.]<br>Bowing most politely:<br>“They bloom forever thinking of your beauty,<br>Your step so queenly and your eyes so lovely.<br>These keep the roses fair,<br>Young and without a care,<br>Making so sweet the air,<br>Ten thousand years.”</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The two, with a manner almost a cake walk, go forward.]<br>Both Leaders: King Solomon he had four hundred sons.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[On this line, King and Queen pause before the footlights.]<br>Congregation: We were the sons.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Pantomime of crowning the audience.]<br>Both Leaders: Crowned by the throngs again,<br>[On this line they walk backward, playing great imaginary harps.]<br>You shall make songs again,<br>Singing along<br>For ten thousand years.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[They go forward in a pony gallop, then stand pawing.]<br>Both Leaders: He gave each son four hundred prancing ponies.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Congregation: We were the ponies.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[They nod their heads, starting to walk backward.]<br>Both Leaders: You shall eat hay again,<br>[A pony dance by both, in circles.]<br>In forests play again,<br>Rampage and neigh<br>For ten thousand years.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Men’s Leader: King Solomon he asked the Queen of Sheba,<br>[They bow to each other, standing so that<br>each one commands half of the stage.]<br>Bowing most politely:<br>“What makes the oak-tree grow<br>Hardy in sun and snow,<br>Never by wind brought low<br>Ten thousand years?”</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Women’s Leader: The Queen of Sheba answered like a lady,<br>[They bow to each other, again, with pantomime indicating a forest.]<br>Bowing most politely:<br>“It blooms forever thinking of your wisdom,<br>Your brave heart and the way you rule your kingdom.<br>These keep the oak secure,<br>Weaving its leafy lure,<br>Dreaming by fountains pure<br>Ten thousand years.”</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[They go to the footlights with a sailor’s lurch and hitch.]<br>Both Leaders: The Queen of Sheba had four hundred sailors.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The King and Queen pause.]<br>Congregation: We were the sailors.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Both Leaders: You shall bring spice and ore<br>[They walk backward with slow long-armed gestures<br>indicating the entire horizon line.]<br>Over the ocean’s floor,<br>Shipmates once more,<br>For ten thousand years.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Women’s Leader: The Queen of Sheba asked him like a lady,<br>[They bow to each other, the Queen indicating the depths of the sea.]<br>Bowing most politely:<br>“Why is the sea so deep,<br>What secret does it keep<br>While tides a-roaring leap<br>Ten thousand years?”</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Men’s Leader: King Solomon made answer to the lady,<br>[They bow to each other, then confer; the Queen reserved,<br>but taking cognizance, the King wooing with ornate gestures<br>of respect and courtly admiration.]<br>Bowing most politely:<br>“My love for you is like the stormy ocean—<br>Too deep to understand,<br>Bending to your command,<br>Bringing your ships to land<br>Ten thousand years.”<br>King Solomon,<br>King Solomon.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[They go to the footlights with the greatest possible strut.]<br>Both Leaders: King Solomon he had four hundred chieftains.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Congregation: We were the chieftains.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The leaders stand with arms proudly folded.]<br>Both Leaders: You shall be proud again,<br>[They walk backward haughtily, laughing on the last lines.]<br>Dazzle the crowd again,<br>Laughing aloud<br>For ten thousand years.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[From here on the whole production to be<br>much more solemn, elevated, religious.]</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The leaders go forward to the footlights carrying imaginary torches.]<br>Both Leaders: King Solomon he had four hundred shepherds.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The man and woman pause at the footlights.]<br>Congregation: We were the shepherds.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[They wander over the stage as though looking for lost lambs,<br>with torches held high.]<br>Both Leaders: You shall have torches bright,<br>Watching the folds by night,<br>Guarding the lambs aright,<br>Ten thousand years.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Men’s Leader: King Solomon he asked the Queen of Sheba,<br>[The King kneels, and indicates the entire sky with one long slow gesture.]<br>Bowing most politely:<br>“Why are the stars so high,<br>There in the velvet sky,<br>Rolling in rivers by,<br>Ten thousand years?”</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Women’s Leader: The Queen of Sheba answered like a lady,<br>[The Queen kneels opposite the King,<br>and gives the same gesture as she answers.]<br>Bowing most politely:<br>“They’re singing of your kingdom to the angels,<br>They guide your chariot with their lamps and candles,<br>Therefore they burn so far—<br>So you can drive your car<br>Up where the prophets are,<br>Ten thousand years.”</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Men’s Leader: King Solomon,<br>King Solomon.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Both Leaders: King Solomon he kept the Sabbath holy.<br>[The two stand, commanding the audience.]<br>And spoke with tongues in prophet words so mighty<br>[The man and woman stamp and whirl with great noise and solemnity.]<br>We stamped and whirled and wept and shouted:—</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Congregation Rises and Joins the Song:<br>. . . . “Glory.”<br>We were his people.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[On these two lines, man and woman stamp and whirl again,<br>gravely, magnificently.]<br>Both Leaders: You shall be wild and gay,<br>Green trees shall deck your way,<br>[On these two lines they kneel, commanding the audience.]<br>Sunday be every day,<br>Ten thousand years.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Now they rise and bow to each other and the audience,<br>maintaining a certain intention of benediction.]<br>King Solomon,<br>King Solomon.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Vachel+Lindsay">Vachel Lindsay</a><div class=q>
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“And when the Queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, . . .
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